Danka Kovinić

Danka Kovinić (born 18 November 1994) is a Montenegrin professional tennis player and a member of the Montenegro Fed Cup team.

Danka Kovinić

Kovinić at the 2018 Wimbledon qualifying
Country (sports)	Montenegro
Residence	Herceg Novi, Montenegro
Born	18 November 1994[1] Cetinje, Montenegro, FR Yugoslavia
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2010
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Vuk Bolić
Prize money	US$1,709,667
Singles
Career record	311–237 (56.8%)
Career titles	12 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 46 (22 February 2016)
Current ranking	No. 74 (28 September 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2016, 2017)
French Open	2R (2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2015, 2016)
US Open	2R (2015, 2020)
Doubles
Career record	122–112 (52.1%)
Career titles	1 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 67 (20 June 2016)
Current ranking	No. 171 (28 September 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2016, 2017)
French Open	1R (2016, 2020)
US Open	1R (2015)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	21–7 (75.0%)
Medal record Games of the Small States of Europe 2015 Reykjavík Singles 2015 Reykjavík Mixed Doubles
Last updated on: 3 October 2020.

On 22 February 2016, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 46, and on 20 June 2016, she peaked at No. 67 in the doubles rankings.

Career

2010–2015

Kovinić started playing professionally in 2010. Her first WTA singles tournament was the 2013 Budapest Grand Prix, where Kovinić became the first Montenegrin to reach the quarterfinals of a WTA event.[2] Her first singles Grand Slam match-wins were at the 2015 French Open and the 2015 US Open, and she reached her first singles WTA Tour final at the Tianjin Open, in October 2015.

Her first doubles match on the WTA Tour was at Bogotá in April 2014, and she won her first WTA doubles title with Stephanie Vogt, in July 2015 at Bad Gastein.

2016

Kovinić started season at the ASB Classic. She lost in the first round to third seed Caroline Wozniacki.[3] In doubles, she and Barbora Strýcová reached the final in which they lost to Elise Mertens/An-Sophie Mestach.[4] At the Hobart International, Kovinić was defeated in the first round by Australian wildcard Kimberly Birrell.[5] At the Australian Open, Kovinić made it to the second round and lost to 14th seed and two-time champion, Victoria Azarenka.[6]

Seeded third at the Rio Open, Kovinić advanced to the quarterfinal round where she was defeated by wildcard Sorana Cîrstea.[7] Seeded seventh at the Abierto Mexicano, Kovinić lost in the second round to Christina McHale.[8] Seeded seventh at the Monterrey Open, she was defeated in the first round by qualifier Nicole Gibbs.[9] At the BNP Paribas Open, Kovinić faced eighth seed Petra Kvitová in the second round. She pushed Kvitová to three sets but ended up losing the match.[10] At the Miami Open, Kovinić was defeated in the second round by 24th seed Johanna Konta.[11]

2020

At the Australian Open, Kovinić lost in the first round to 16th seed Elise Mertens.[12]

At the Abierto Mexicano, she was defeated in the first round by Kateryna Bondarenko.[13] At the Monterrey Open, she lost in the first round to top seed and eventual champion Elina Svitolina.[14]

In August, Kovinić played at the Western & Southern Open where she was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Vera Zvonareva. At the US Open, she made it to the second round where she lost to 24th seed Magda Linette.[15]

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

G

F-S

SF-B

NMS

NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[16]

Singles

Current after the 2021 Gippsland Trophy.

Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q3	Q1	2R	2R	Q2	Q3	1R		0 / 3	2–3	40%
French Open	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	Q1	Q1	1R		0 / 5	1–5	17%
Wimbledon	A	Q3	1R	1R	1R	Q3	Q2	NH		0 / 3	0–3	0%
US Open	Q2	Q1	2R	1R	Q2	Q1	Q2	2R		0 / 3	2–3	40%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–1	2–3	1–4	1–3	0–0	0–0	1–3		0 / 14	5–14	26%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open	A	Q2	A	A	A	Q2	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	NH		0 / 2	1–2	33%
Miami Open	A	A	Q2	2R	1R	A	A	NH		0 / 2	1–2	33%
Madrid Open	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	NH		0 / 1	1–1	50%
Italian Open	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	3R		0 / 2	2–2	50%
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	Q1		0 / 0	0–0	–
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open	A	A	1R	1R	Q1	A	A	NH		0 / 2	0–2	0%
China Open	A	A	Q1	1R	Q1	A	A	NH		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Career statistics
Tournaments	2	12	13	23	16	5	3	7	2	Career total: 83
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 0
Finals	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 2
Overall Win–Loss	2–2	6–12	15–13	18–23	3–16	3–5	2–3	5–7	1–2	0 / 83	55–83	40%
Year-end ranking	170	109	58	74	118	182	88			$1,787,074

Doubles

Tournament	2015	2016	2017	W–L
Australian Open	A	2R	2R	2–2
French Open	A	1R	A	0–1
Wimbledon	A	1R	A	0–1
US Open	1R	2R	A	1–2
Win–Loss	0–1	2–4	1–1	3–6

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (0–2)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2015	Tianjin Open, China	International	Hard	Agnieszka Radwańska	1–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Apr 2016	İstanbul Cup, Turkey	International	Clay	Çağla Büyükakçay	6–3, 2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (1–4)

Finals by surface Hard (0–2) Clay (1–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2015	Gastein Ladies, Austria	International	Clay	Stephanie Vogt	Lara Arruabarrena Lucie Hradecká	4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Loss	1–1	Jan 2016	Auckland Open, New Zealand	International	Hard	Barbora Strýcová	Elise Mertens An-Sophie Mestach	6–2, 3–6, [5–10]
Loss	1–2	Apr 2016	İstanbul Cup, Turkey	International	Clay	Xenia Knoll	Andreea Mitu İpek Soylu	w/o
Loss	1–3	Jul 2018	Bucharest Open, Romania	International	Clay	Maryna Zanevska	Irina-Camelia Begu Andreea Mitu	3–6, 4–6
Loss	1–4	Sep 2018	Guangzhou Open, China	International	Hard	Vera Lapko	Monique Adamczak Jessica Moore	6–4, 5–7, [4–10]

WTA 125K series finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2019	Båstad Open, Sweden	Clay	Misaki Doi	4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2019	Båstad Open, Sweden	Clay	Alexa Guarachi	Misaki Doi Natalia Vikhlyantseva	5–7, 7–6^(7–4), [7–10]
Loss	0–2	Nov 2019	Taipei Challenger, Taiwan	Carpet (i)	Dalila Jakupović	Lee Ya-hsuan Wu Fang-hsien	6–4, 4–6, [7–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$50,000/$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 20 (12 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2010	ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Isabella Shinikova	6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Jun 2011	ITF Nyíregyháza, Hungary	10,000	Clay	Simona Dobrá	4–6, 2–6
Win	2–1	Jun 2011	ITF Balş, Romania	10,000	Clay	Alice-Andrada Radu	6–0, 6–1
Loss	2–2	Sep 2011	ITF Podgorica, Montenegro	25,000	Clay	Paula Ormaechea	1–6, 1–6
Win	3–2	Apr 2012	ITF Tlemcen, Algeria	10,000	Clay	Alexandra Romanova	6–2, 6–2
Win	4–2	Jul 2012	Bella Cup Toruń, Poland	25,000	Clay	Paula Kania	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Win	5–2	Jun 2013	ITF Ystad, Sweden	25,000	Clay	Melanie Klaffner	6–3, 6–3
Win	6–2	Jun 2013	ITF Kristinehamn, Sweden	25,000	Clay	Jasmina Tinjić	6–1, 7–5
Win	7–2	May 2014	Open Saint-Gaudens, France	50,000	Clay	Pauline Parmentier	6–1, 6–2
Loss	7–3	Mar 2015	ITF Curitiba, Brazil	25,000	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Win	8–3	May 2015	Trnava Open, Slovakia	100,000	Clay	Margarita Gasparyan	7–5, 6–3
Win	9–3	Jun 2016	Open de Marseille, France	100,000	Clay	Hsieh Su-wei	6–2, 6–3
Loss	9–4	Jun 2017	Hódmezövásárhely Open, Hungary	60,000	Clay	Mihaela Buzărnescu	2–6, 1–6
Loss	9–5	Jul 2017	Budapest Open, Hungary	100,000	Clay	Jana Čepelová	4–6, 3–6
Loss	9–6	Aug 2017	Vancouver Open, Canada	100,000	Hard	Maryna Zanevska	7–5, 1–6, 3–6
Loss	9–7	Mar 2019	ITF São Paulo, Brazil	25,000	Clay	Louisa Chirico	0–6, 2–6
Win	10–7	Mar 2019	ITF Campinas, Brazil	25,000	Clay	Julia Grabher	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Win	11–7	Jun 2019	ITF Ystad, Sweden	25,000	Clay	Richèl Hogenkamp	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	11–8	Jul 2019	Open de Biarritz, France	80,000	Clay	Viktoriya Tomova	2–6, 7–5, 5–7
Win	12–8	Oct 2019	Kiskút Open Székesfehérvár, Hungary	100,000	Clay (i)	Irina-Camelia Begu	6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2011	Royal Cup Podgorica, Montenegro	25,000	Clay	Danica Krstajić	Corinna Dentoni Florencia Molinero	4–6, 7–5, [5–10]
Loss	0–2	Oct 2011	ITF Lagos, Nigeria	25,000	Carpet (i)	Elina Svitolina	Melanie Klaffner Ágnes Szatmári	0–6, 7–6, [5–10]
Loss	0–3	Apr 2013	ITF Mamaia, Romania	25,000	Clay	Tadeja Majerič	Elena Bogdan Raluca Olaru	6–7^(4–7), 3–6
Loss	0–4	Sep 2012	ITF La Marsa, Tunisia	25,000	Clay	Laura Pigossi	Réka Luca Jani Eugeniya Pashkova	3–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Win	1–4	May 2012	ITF Caserta, Italy	25,000	Clay	Renata Voráčová	Elena Bogdan Cristina Dinu	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
Win	2–4	Feb 2015	ITF São Paulo, Brazil	25,000	Clay	Andreea Mitu	Tatiana Búa Paula Cristina Gonçalves	6–2, 7–5
Win	3–4	Jul 2015	Grand Est Open, France	100,000	Clay	Oksana Kalashnikova	Irina Ramialison Constance Sibille	2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss	3–5	Mar 2018	Zhuhai Open, China	60,000	Hard	Nao Hibino	Anna Blinkova Lesley Kerkhove	5–7, 4–6
Loss	3–6	Mar 2018	Pingshan Open Shenzhen, China	60,000	Hard	Wang Xinyu	Anna Kalinskaya Viktória Kužmová	4–6, 6–1, [7–10]
Loss	3–7	Jun 2018	Hódmezövásárhely Open, Hungary	60,000	Clay	Nina Stojanović	Réka Luca Jani Nadia Podoroska	4–6, 4–6
Win	4–7	Mar 2019	ITF Campinas, Brazil	25,000	Clay	Laura Pigossi	Carolina Meligeni Alves Gabriela Cé	6–3, 6–2

Other finals

Singles

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Gold	2015	Games of the Small States of Europe	Clay	Kathinka von Deichmann	6–0, 6–1

Wins over top-10 players

Season	2016	2017–19	2020	Total
Wins	1	0	1	2

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score
2016
1.	Roberta Vinci	No. 8	Madrid Open, Spain	Clay	1R	6–4, 6–2
2020
2.	Belinda Bencic	No. 10	Italian Open, Italy	Clay	2R	6–3, 6–1

References

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4. "Sloane Stephens 2016 ASB Classic Champion". www.asbclassic.co.nz. 9 January 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
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12. "VIDEO Australian Open: Elise Mertens makes it against Danka Kovinic". www.lavenir.net. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
13. "WANG, BOUZKOVA UPSET, VANDEWEGHE CRASHES OUT AT ABIERTO MEXICANO TELCEL". tennisuptodate.com. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
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15. Iwanek, Łukasz (2 September 2020). "Tennis. US Open: Magda Linette in the third round for the first time. Danka Kovinić celebrated after the battle". sportowefakty.wp.pl. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
16. "Player & Career overview".

External links

• Danka Kovinić at the Women's Tennis Association
• Danka Kovinić at the International Tennis Federation
• Danka Kovinić at the Billie Jean King Cup